Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Yukon* Genius Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Matt* Lucas The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Matt* Lucas Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ursa Major* Silverspoon ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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